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TAKING IMMIGRANTS FROM A PLAGUE SHIP.
quarantine regulations. The inquiry was
answered to the popular satisfaction
New York's quarantine is as good as the
best, and its success for the past thirty
years is really phenomenal. When we
consider that three-fourths or more of the
immigrants come to this port; that they
come in all sorts of conditions as to dirt
and disease, and that over s, 900 vessels of
all kinds arrive in year, more than 1000
Of them from ports where yellow fever is
possible at any time and probable during
six months of the year, the success in ex-
cluding disease seems most gratifying.
DIR. Smith, the present health officer of
the port, has a delightful place of resi-
dence on the eastern shore of Staten
Island, six miles from the south end of
the city; and thence he can reach either
the station or the hospitals in a few
minutes by his swift boat. His trying
period is in summer, to shut out cholera
and yellow fever; but there is enough to
do at oil seasons, as the smallpox is
usually worst in winter, and the immi-
grants who bring it are the worst Of their
class to deal with. Every vessel entering
the port must be boarded, and every one
on board inspected. If from a yellow fever
port, the inspection is severe; the hold
and steerage must be specially examined,
and the officer is in no way bound by the
fact that the vessel brings ''clean bill of
health He has at command deputies
and sailors, steam tug and rowboat,
policeman, clerk and other assistants,
and all must be ready for action day or
night, rs passengers, crew and officers
are naturally in frantic haste to
get up to the city and in
humor to look on quarantine as nuis-
ance, any how. Down the bay, on two
small islands, are two commodious hospi-
tails for the sick; and at the regular
quarantine station the "suspected'' must
wait till the doctor is satisfied that they
are free from infection. This station is on
Hoffman Island, the nearer to Staten of
the two islands above mentioned. The
buildings are substantial enough, but far
from inyiting-indeed they look unpleas-
antly like those warehouses turned into
military prisons which were common dur
ing the war. The hospital buildings
proper look much less substantial, but
they are very comfortable inside. The in
coming vessels are stopped and boarded
by the health officer just opposite those
islands, and on clear day it is anything
but pleasant to the passengers to be told
they must wait an indefinite period when
they can look northward through the Mar
rows on such a lovely view. Before them,
in attractive panorama, are the shores of
Staten Island on the west, and of Coney
and Long Islands on the east, while over
the bright waters of the upper bay they
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NIeteorites Seen to Strike.

Nine meteorites have thus far been seen to
strike the earth. The ninth fell near the viii
lage of Mazapil, Mexico, about o'clock on
the evening of Nov. 81, 1885, A ranchman
who saw it says:
II went OUT to tho corral to feed certain
horses Suddenly heard u loud Sizing noise
asif fsomething hot was being plunged into cold
water, and almost instantly there followed q
somewhat loud tbud. At once the corral was
covered with a phosphorescent light, while
suspended in the air were small luminous
sparks as though from rocket. We
found hole in the ground, and in it ball of
light. We retired to a distance, fearing it
would explode and harm us. We
returned after little while and found in the
hole hot stone which we could barely
handle; this on the next day looked like a
piece of iron"
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LANDING PATIENTS AT HOSPITAL DOCK.
may see GUST far enough away to be ag-
gravatingly lovely the goal for which
they long. But as the vv-age from West
India ports is not long enough for the yell
low fever to develop, those from infected
ports must stay out the time on Hoffman.
During the twenty seven years incum-
bency of the present health officer, two
and three-Guartcr millions of immigrants
have passed his inspectors, and as many
as 1876 vessels in one day In the century
New York city and vicinity have had over
o dozen visitations of yellow fever, more
or less serious, and in 1885,. Bay Ridge, on
the Long Island shore, was frightfully
scourged. Since then no serious epidemic
has been propagated from incoming ves-
sells, but it is painfully true that in quar-
antine matters eternal vigilance as the
lowest price of safety
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The GNrynnR.

The Gorgons were imaginary sisters, SO
called from their frightful aspect. Their
heads were said to be covered with yipers in-
stead of hair, and their teeth were long like
the tusks of bear. They had but one eye,
common to them all, which they used in turn
and changed into stone those whom it looked
upon. They had the head, neck and breasts
of woman, while the rest of their body was
like a snake and covered with impenetrable
scales. Their names were Stheno, Euryale
and Medusa.
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the air is easily managed, and the dis
charge is regulated by an electrical but
ton. In the late experiments the air was
only brought to pressure of 607 pounds,
but this machine can put it up to 900.
The distance was 1880 yards; and the
lieutenant managed the apparatus with
ease. Such is the Zalinski pneumatic
dynamite gun.
Lieut.. Edmund L. Zalinski is attached
to Battery II, Fifth artillery, U. S. A.,
and has been experimenting with dyna
mite projectiles for some years.
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NEW YoRK's QUARANTINE.

How the Cholera Stricken Immigrants
on the Alesia Are Being Cared for.
On the 22d of September the steamer
Alesia, from Marseilles and Naples, ar
rived at quarantine in the port of New
York with four cases of cholera on board,
and the appalling news that eight Of her
900 passengers had died during the voyage
of that dread disease. A nervous thrill
ran through the city and the people took
new and very intense interest in the
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Drugs, Dyes and Chemicals.

1t has been many day since beer was
made of hops and malt alone. Such a
beer, If put ON the market today, would
of old never dreamed of the use of rice,
but now it is used by all of them to give
the beer gloss. The bitter taste of hops is
acquired by the use of aloes. A glance
into the laboratory of, big brewer viii
show vast collection of drugs, dyes and
chemicals in charge of q practical chemist.
The modern brewer must be an expert
chemist. Globe Democrat.
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

/. Any one who takes paper regularly from II
Postofce-whethei directed to his name another's
or whether he has subscribed or motifs responsible
for the payment.
2. Ii person orders his paper discontinued. b.
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher will con
tinue to send it until payment s made and collect the
whole amount, whether the paper is taken from the
office not.
8. The courts have decided that refusing to take
thenewspapers periodicals from the Postoffce, or
removing and leaving thern uncaed for, is prim0
fGeie evidence of Newfoundland
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the option of the Subscriber.
Remittances by draft, check money Order or regis.
tered letter may te sent at risk. All Postmastere
are required to register letters application.
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THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
Union and Confederate War Sonss-Thei
ORIGIN and AuthnrsIlin

Union and Confederate War Sonss-TheiR
Origin and Authorship.
The period of the rebellion was prolific Of
war songs, most of which have passed away.
Still there are some that have lived and arc
popular to this day These are chiefly north
ern songs. "Dixie" will probably always be
sung in the south, and maryland, my Mary
land" is not entirely forgotten.
"Dixie" was composed in 1851 by Dan D.
Emmett, one of Bryant's minstrels In 1860
Mrs John Wood sang it in New Orleans 1t
was arranged to suit the southern sentiment
of the day, and became very popular MARY
land" was by James R. Randall, of Balti-
more, now of Augusta. Ga. "The Bonnie
Blue Flag" came from an Irish comedian,
Henry Mccarthy, and was sung at the New
Orleans Variety theatre in 1861.
Northern songs were: "John Browns
Body" author unknown); "Battle Hymn of
the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe; "Rally
Round the Flag" "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp"
and "The Battle Cry of Freedom" by George
F. Root; Marching Through Georgia" by
Henry c. Wook, and "Three Hundred Thou
sand More" by John s. Gibbons.
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G. l. WATSON. EDWARD BURGESS.

G. L. WATSON. EDWARD BURGESS.
The difference in the hulls of the two
yachts is striking, but they resemble each
other more nearly than did the hulls of
the Genesta and the Puritan or the Gala
tea alRl the Mayfiower. Mr.. Watson has
designed his boat broader than the two
previous contestants for the Americas
cup, while the Volunteers displacement
is more than that of the Puritan and the
Mayfower, and she is deeper. The This
! tic, being keel boat, is several feet deeper
than the Volunteer, but her hull is
sharper and more wedge shaped than
that of the American boat The bilge Of
the Thistle is ut the load water line, or
nearly SO, while that OF the Volunteer is
several feet under water. The bilge Of
any boat is that part in the side of the
hull which begins to curve in toward the
Hoa1
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ST. EImn's Lights.

The Gulf of Mexico is prolific of electrical
effects The prevailing winds of the north
Atlantic are southwest and northwest. When
the southwest wind has been blowing awhile
it is inclined to shift around into the north
west, bringing sudden and violent changes.
The meeting Of the warm southern current
and the cool northern one is an unfailing
cause Of all electric discharge. The shift in
the wind is accompanied by heavy rain and
vivid lightning. At such times electric
flames, called st. Elmo's lights, are occasion
ally seen on the end of every spar of ship,
producing the most beautiful effect, as though
the spar were O candle
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coast an obsolete notion and reyolutionized
modern warfare; and even those who deny
all this concede that the success of the
gun in the late experiment from Fort
Lafayette has opened new and impor-
tant field Of inquiry. Briefly stated, the
Zalinsk plan is to project the dynamite
bomb from very long tube by means OF
compressed air, and the impulsiye force is
not to be communicated all at once Since
that would explode the bomb, but to be
cumulative from the breech to the muz-
zle of the tube, by means of successive
air chambers, SO that the bomb will
start slowly and leave the mouth of the
tube at the greatest possible velocity.
This is the first and most important prin-
ciple; and the second is like it in insuring
g method by which the bomb cannot ex-
plode till it reaches it's object. Two shells
were fired in the experiment; the first
missed the condemned vessel used as
target, but exploded near it in the water
with great effect, and the second literally
demolished the vessel-reduced it to slabs
and splinters.
The gun, or more properly tube, is
monster of sixty feet in length, and the
bomb-they call it SHELLS nearly six
feet in length. 1t goes without saying,
therefore, that the machine is strictly for
defense. 1t could not be properly mounted
on war ship, with all its apparatus for
condensing air; and even If it could the
motion of the vessel would be so exagge-
rated at the end of SO long tube that
there could be no intelligent directing of
the projectile at target. But the tube
is cheaper than an ordinary cannon, as it
has an eight inch bore and the cylinder
wall is less than an inch thick, of wrought
iron lined with brass. 1t needs no
greater thickness because it has to
stand no sudden strain like can
non. In fact, all that is needed is
q tube strong enough to hold the con-
densed air and perfectly straight to give
direction. The shell is hollow brass
cone, shaped like a rocket and with q
brass foil-the ordinary charge fifty to
sixty pounds Of dynamite gelatine. which
il far more noyyerful than nrdinaru duna.
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TO pr.vent Brcakinp Fruit Jars.

When putting up fruit there is danger, in
pouring the hot fruit into jars, of cracking
and breaking the latter, although they have
been previously heated by putting them into
hot water. a silver tablespoon put into the
jar while filling it is an excellent preven
of this trouble. The philosophy of it appears
to be that the cold spoon absorbs considerable
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Music Hath Chnrms.

In the first and second editions of "The
Mourning Bride" the third edition of Con-
greve's "Works" u719), and in Leigh Hunts
edition of "Wycherley, Congreve, Vanburgh
and Farquhar" the first two lines of the play
run thus:
Music has charms to soothe savage breast,
To soften rocks or bend q knotted oak.
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Did Niagara Cease to Flow?

On the 3Oth of March, 1s47, the water al
most ceased to pour over the rocky ledge at
Niagara, dwindling away to the appearance
of q mill dam. The rapids above the falls
disappeared, leaving scarcely enough on the
American side to turn grindstone. Islands
and places where no human foot had trod
appeared, and were visited, and flags placed
and mementos brought away.
The reason for this cessation to the flow of
the water was all accumulation of ice at the
lower extremity..of Lake Erie, which formed
a sort of dam between Fort Erie and Buffalo.
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WHOLE NO. 953

its line than any other route. The scenery
is of the grand and extremely rugged type
the bare mountains, the deep ragged
canyons and the rocky plateaus have the
awful impressiveness of desolation. Such
are the main lines only. The connections
include many thousand miles of rail, and
arc stimulating trade and development.
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THE AMERICAS CUP. the most apnro-
pirate prize to be contended for The
conditions were that any organized
yacht club, through one or more of
its members, should always be entitled to
claim q match for this cup with any
yacht of not less than thirty tons or more
than 300, measured by the custom house
rules of its country. Foreign yachts
were notified of the terms, but the cup re-
mained unsought for eleven years, when
in 1870 Mr.. James Asbury sent over the
schooner Cambria Of the seventeen YES
sells pitted against the Cambria nine came
in ahead of her. Only one race was
sailed.
The next year the Livonia came over
The Columbia was sailed against her in
three races and beat her in two The fail
ure of the Columbia to..beat the Livonia in
the third race was due to the fact that she
broke her steering gear and carried away
her jibstay. In 1876 the Royal Canadian
Yacht club sent over the Countess of Duff
ferin. She sailed two races with the Mad
cline. The first race, sailed over the in
side course, the Madeline won by 10
minutes and 80 seconds; in the second,
over the outside course, by ~ minutes
and IA seconds.
of the Genesta, sent over challenge.
The result of the race is too well known
to deserve more than o passing mention.
Mr.. James Bell and Mr.. George L.
Watson, the owner and designer of the
Thistle, are two representative Scotch
gentlemen, and are both well worthy to
represent England's yachting interests in
this country. Mr.. Bell is the vice COM
modore of the Royal Clyde Yacht club
and is an enthusiastic yachtsman. Mr..
Watson is designer of many years. expe-
rience on the other side of the water, and
he has succeeded in turning out yacht
in the Thistle which goes ahead of any
of his previous productions.
Mr.. Burgess and Gen. Paine are per-
haps better known to the American public
than most of the public men of today.
Very few people know that the Volun-
teer and Thistle resemble each other more
closely than any two yachts that have
competed for the Americas cup since it
was brought over here by the America
herself. In order to understand the diff
ference between the two yachts it may be
well to set down clearly the points of
comparison. They are Q) the sail area,
(2) the displacement, and (3) the model
The difference in the sail area of the
Thistle and the Volunteer is 120 feet, ac-
cording to the measurement of the New
York Yacht club. The Thistle's sail area
$3.50; that of the Volunteer is 1900. The
displacement of the Thistle is given at 1876
tons, but this is low estimate. She
probably displaces 145 tons. The dis
placement of the Volunteer is 116 tons.
It will thus be seen that the Volunteer,
with a displacement much less than the
Thistle, has a larger sail area, leaving out
all question of hull. But the question of
model is the most important one of all, as
everybody knows
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VOL. 10, NO. 16.
. LOVE THEE.

young girl walking by stream
IN silent thought, maids day dream,
hneit down upon the glistening sand
And there wrote with her soft. white hand.
Il love theeg"
youth lay in great trees shade,
Just on the border Of the glade,
And when the maid had gone away
lie wrote below, the self same way:
II love theer'
years after, in great arm chair,
A woman sat with silver hair;
A manly form stood by her side,
And said: II love you still, my pride"
And soft the gray haired dame replied: -
II love thee!''
Donald Il. McGregor in New York News.
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CHARLES DICKENS. JR.

The Man Who Is Best Able to Portray
His Fathers Characters.
Charles Dickens, Jr., who comes to this
country to repeat some of his fathers
famous sayings, is not so young as some
of our readers may perhaps imagine. He
was born in 1887, and is, therefore, so
years old. The younger Dickens has dis
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Instances of Longevity.

The three most remarkable cases of long
life recorded are those of Thomas Parr,
Henry Jenkins, Yorkshireman, and the
Countess of Desmond. Parr lived to be 152
years old; Jenkins is said to have reached 1863
years, though the case is not SO well authenti-
Gated The Countess of Desmond reached
149 wears
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Enplisl, Words I'm Use,

About $500 words are all that are used in
ordinary talking and conversation, although
there are some 10000 words in the English
language Different authors vary in the
number of the words they use, but the differ
ence is but slight. Shakespeare found 1900
words sufficient for all his works.
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49, Ae~ ~ ~
mite. 1t may be
arranged so as to
explode either by
the conclusion or
by chemical ac-
ton of saturation;
SO, if it strikes the
vessel aimed at,
the destruction is
complete; while if
it falls in the
water it becomes
an almost equally
destructive t tor
pc do. The at
tached machinery
Co., 1o,,ar-o1,s--
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Can n Return be Compelled?

1t is not probable that court would COM
pei the return of letters and presents which
have passed between lovers in the event of a
break in an engagement. The law supposes
that present is made freely and not for a
consideration Good taste and honor would
compel such return even il the law did not.
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=
played some tai
ent as o writer,
and the few books
that he has COM
piled show evil
dences of consid-
erable ability, but
his ability as an
orator is more
pronounced. His
success as o reader
was Immediately
established when
he made his debut,
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The race in which
the America won
it took place in
1851, and has been
SO often described
that it needs but
q passing mention
here. Not until
July, 1857, how
ever, did it be-
come ''the Amer
ica's cup"
The wn ers,
agre ing that
s uch a trophy
should be put up,
considered that
this cup, which
had been won
against the best
yachts of the Old
World, would be
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Conductors and Non Conductors

The best conductors of electricity are sill
yer, copper. gold, zinc, platinum, iron, tin.
The poorest conductors, Or the best insulat-
ors, are dry air, ebonite, paraffine, resin, sui
phur, sealing wax, glass. silk, wool, dry
paper. porcelain
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north; the Rus
sian idea appears
to be that the re-
gion shall be open
on the north and
unfriendly to the
British on the
south, and cir
cum 8 t nc g 8 Of
late favor the
Russian idea.
T h g important
fact is that AZ
gharis5an doe s
not possess q sta
BILE and central
lied government
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West Point in
1889, and was at
once assigned to
the First artillery
as second lieuten-
ant. He served on
the northern from
tier during the
G an o dian bor-
der dis t ur b.
ances of 1S39-40,
and on the Maine
e-z-Asn- H.
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FIVE O'CLOCK TEA.

The models Of the coming bonnet will be
due from Europe for inspection very soon.
Silver jewelry of all kinds is stated to be
increasing in favor both at home and abroad
Wide band bracelets of hammered silver
are seen among the new things for the fall
trade.
Orange and lemon coiored sunshadeS are
seen on the beach at the fashionable seaside
resorts.
A great variety of belts now encircle the
unnaturally small waist of the girl of the
period.
Those curious Bar Harbor sand chairs are
bound to find their way to the city the coming
winter.
Autumn dress materials are already ex-
hibited at the shops, and the display is very
beautiful.
Three months hence it will be apparent to
everybody that sealskin is quite as fashion
able as ever.
The shepherds crook is the latest thing in
alpenstocks, and orange the color of the rib
bon at the top.
Royal purple, according to fashion au-
1uOA lbJ ID W OO 1LC ACstAlllS 1uSL1OkIdD1o
color the coming season.
Bramble staffs carried by the ladies at the
mountain resorts seem to have been intro
duced merely to hang gay colored ribbons on.
Beau Brummers new elk hat will be about
the same, except little more curl to the
brim and slight decrease in the height of
hat.
Birch bark ornaments and knicknacks of
all kinds are in unusually high favor, and the
demand equals that for the historical hot
cakes.
Among the women it is an era of sashes,
and it is to be doubted il ever they were as
beautiful and stylish as this season at the
watering places.
Many new and beautiful articles in furni-
ture for the town house are seen. and there
is q tendency to build more substantially
than heretofore.
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THE AMERICAS CUP.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF 1T FROM
THE YEAR 1851.

Tho Most Striking Points of Difference
Between the Thistle and the volun-
tecr-They are More Alike than Pre-
vious Contestants.
The Americas cup, which has been the
pride of American yachtsmen for so many
years, was originally the 100-guinea cup
which the Royal squadron put up for its
annual regatta around the Isle of Wight.
This race was open to yachts of all ma
tions, and was go as you please affair,
the yacht that got in first, regardless of
rig, being declared the winner. The win
ming of the cup each year was more mat
ter of luck than anything else, and when
the America won it the only significant
fact about the race was the distance at
which she left all Of her competitors be-
hind.
The cup is of solid silver. 1t weighs
100 ounces and is exactly two faet hipb